WHY HEAT PIPE FAN COILS?

Prior to the development of IEC’s Heat Pipe Fan Coils, it was difficult and expensive for conventional systems to dehumidify indoor environments without incurring exorbitant energy costs. In traditional dehumidification systems, relative humidity is lowered by overcooling the air with an air conditioner to condense excess moisture from the air. Since the air temperature is then too cool for comfort, it must be reheated with supplemental heat, such as electric heat, to achieve the desired room temperature. The inherent flaw with this approach is that dehumidification becomes expensive due to the considerable energy consumption required for operation. In fact, with the emphasis on energy conservation today, many states have passed bans on certain types of reheat dehumidification systems. When installed in a wrap-around configuration enveloping the cooling coil, the heat pipe acts as a pre-cooler by extracting heat from the entering air. By allowing cooler air to pass through the cooling coil, more moisture can be condensed from the air. Then, as air exits the cooling coil, the heat pipe provides reheat to the dehumidified air by returning heat extracted from the entering air for a drier, more comfortable supply air. With the marriage of two superior technologies - IEC’s fan coil and Heat Pipe Technologies, Inc.’s innovative heat pipe a superior dehumidification technology has emerged. The charm of heat pipes is that they possess the ability to efficiently transfer large amounts of heat without the requirement for additional energy input.

WITH IEC’S HEAT PIPE FAN COILS, NOT ONLY CAN YOU DEHUMIDIFY,

BUT YOU CAN DEHUMIDIFY WITHOUT COMPROMISING ENERGY

EFFICIENCY.

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